Circumcision Protect your penis from Injuries Due to Sex

News Health Articles - Circumcision Protect your penis from Injuries Due to Sex. a study found that circumcised men are less likely to experience injury to the penis during sex. This is one reason why circumcision can reduce the risk of HIV transmission from sex.

In this study, researchers used data from clinical trials of HIV in Africa, where nearly 2,800 men aged 18-24 years were randomly assigned to undergo circumcision or remain uncircumcised.



In 2005 and 2006, trial in Uganda, South Africa and Kenya showed that male circumcision can reduce the risk of HIV infection through heterosexual sex and 60 percent.

In this study, the researchers found that circumcised men are more than two years have likely suffered injury to the penis during sex 39 percent less than men who are not circumcised

"This raises the possibility that the low risk of injury is one reason why circumcision lowers the chances of transmitting HIV," said researcher, Dr. Supriya D. Mehta of the University of Illinois at Chicago as reported by FoxNews, Tuesday (12/20/2011).

Exactly why circumcision may protect against HIV during sex is still unknown. In a report published the Journal of Urology, there are several plausible theories: first, by reducing the amount of skin tissue that was touched during sex, circumcision limits the virus access to target cells. Another theory is that the thickening of the skin that forms around the circumcision scar helps block HIV entry.

The possibility of minor injuries to the penis, both cuts and scratches on the skin can serve as an entry of HIV. In several recent studies, uncircumcised men reported a higher injury than circumcised men.

At the beginning of this trial, 64 percent of men said that they had experienced some form of injury to the penis during sexual intercourse during the last six months. The most frequent and common is scratched, sores, or blisters. Seventeen percent of them admitted to bleed.

After six months of the experiment, the numbers decreased. In the second year, there were 31 percent of circumcised men reported experiencing penile injury because of having sex in the last six months.

Men who claimed to have multiple sex partners is more likely to experience injury to the penis than monogamous men. On the other hand, condom use and the habit of washing the penis within an hour after sex associated with a reduced risk of penile pain and other injuries.